First Day at Work - Lesson Overview

Introduction

• Exciting experience for career paths.
• Importance of effective communication for positive first impressions.
• Lesson focuses on conversations for first day at work.

Sample Conversations

1. Meeting Colleagues

   • Mr. Parker: Good morning, Ms. Green. How are you today?
   • Ms. Green: I'm doing great. What about you?
   • Mr. Parker: I'm fine, thank you. Welcome to your first day in our company.
   • Ms. Green: Thank you very much, Mr. Parker. Glad to have you on our team.

2. Introducing Yourself

   • Jude: Are you our new manager?
   • James: No, I am the new payroll clerk. My name is James Smith.
   • Jude: It's nice to meet you, James.
   • James: Thank you, Jude. It's a pleasure to meet you, too.
   • James: Could you show me the accounting department?
   • Jude: Sure. Are you new here?
   • James: Yeah, I’ve just joined as the payroll clerk.
   • Jude: I am the CFO.
   • James: Nice to meet you, sir. (Henry)

3. Training and Orientation

   • Kelly: Hi, Chris. I'm Kelly. I'll be assisting you with your training assignment.
   • Chris: Good to meet you, Kelly. Where should we start?
   • Kelly: You’ve got to learn about our practices, especially rules for handling customers.
   • Chris: I know what you mean. I've been in customer support myself.

Key Vocabulary

• Scenarios: Situations or possible sequences of events.
• Show you around: Take someone around a place, showing them relevant things.
• Payroll: Record of salaries and wages of staff.
• Practices: Rules of the organization regarding conduct and responses.
• Customer Support: Department that helps customers with problems or complaints.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to practice the dialogues.
• Reminder to like and subscribe for more lessons.